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2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Alija Filipovic moved all in for 8,600 on a board of ![]()
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. The bet was about three quarters of the pot, and after mulling the decision over, [Removed:172] called.
Filipvoc flipped over ![]()
for a set of nines, and Kramer mucked his hand. Filipvoc more than doubled to 30,000 chips, while Kramer dropped down to around 63,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,000 | |
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30,000 |
Jake Cody has not had the best of days here in Prague, but he does still ave a playable stack of 11,000, thanks in part to getting a three-bet shove through uncalled.
Lukas Berglund opened to 900 in late position and Giuseppe Sammartino called next to act. Cody was the next player in line to play and he three-bet all-in for 9,200 in total. Berglund reluctantly released his hand and Sammartino followed suit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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11,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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The tournament room at EPT Prague is spacious, well-lit and full of fascinating faces. That's great news for PokerStars Blog's photographer Neil Stoddart and his Kodak Brownie.
Luis Rodriguez is flying high after stacking Olvedo Heinze in one of tournament poker's typical coinflip scenarios.
Heinze was all in with ![]()
and was up against Rodriguez's ![]()
. The ladies stayed ahead on the flop, but the
on the turn propelled Rodriguez into the lead. The river bricked off and Heinze was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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91,000 |
We happened upon the table with around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading ![]()
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. Steve Watts had just moved all in for 15,900 and action was on his fellow Brit Chris Moorman on the button.
"Clock," someone at the table said. The rest of the table gave the man a hard time as they pointed out it was essentially a call for his tournament life. The floor was called nonetheless and ruled that given the situation he was not going to call the clock quite yet.
Another few minutes passed and then once again we heard, "Clock." However, this time it was coming from Moorman as he wished to call the clock on himself. The floorman obliged and after 57 seconds, Moorman sent his cards to the muck. Watts smiled and flashed the
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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19,500
5,500
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5,500 |
Chady El Ojeil and Sorel Mizzi were heads up on a board of ![]()
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. Ojeil checked, Mizzi fired 3,800, and Ojeil check-raised to what looked like 7,700. Mizzi tank-called.
The
completed the board, and Ojeil tossed out three blue T5,000 chips, putting Mizzi all in. Mizzi thought long and hard about the decision, and after three minutes in the tank, Ojeil called time.
A floor person quickly made his way to the table, and upon assessing the situation, told Mizzi that he would give him a little more time because it's an all-in situation. No more than 20 seconds later, Mizzi called.
Ojeil quickly turned over ![]()
for aces and sevens.
"Nice hand," Mizzi told him.
The dealer informed Mizzi that, because it was an all in and a call, he had to expose his cards. Mizzi obliged, tabling ![]()
. He then hit the rail while Ojeil stacked his newfound chips.
At an adjacent table, Bryn Kenney was eliminated as well. He's quite chipper however, because he finished 3rd in Event #18 of FTOPS XXI ($93,102.90) last night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000 |
The players are on a 75-minute dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50